Academician Dr. Ljupcho Kocarev

He was born in 1955 in Skopje. He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje in 1980 and received his master's degree from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade in 1988. He earned his doctorate from the University “St. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje in 1989. He was employed at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Skopje from 1986 to 1998, holding the positions of assistant (1986), associate professor (1990), and full professor (1995). He has been re-employed at the Institute for Computer Technology and Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (which has since been renamed the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology) since 2007, holding the rank of full professor. From January 1, 1992, to June 1, 1993, he was at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1998, he has been employed at the University of California, San Diego, first as an Associate Researcher, and since 2000 in the scientific title of Researcher (equivalent to a full professor). He has been a regular member of MANAU since 2007. He is the author of more than 100 scientific articles published in over 20 different journals, 22 of which were published in IEEE journals. According to the Science Citation Index, his papers had been cited more than 4,000 times as of 2009. He has been the editor of 3 books, an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (from 2002 to 2004 and 2006 to 2008), and since 2007, an editor for the Journal of the Franklin Institute. He is the author of 6 patents approved in the EU and USA. He has been the principal investigator for multiple projects, and in 2009 he was the principal (co-)investigator for 4 projects funded by the Republic of Macedonia (MANU fund), the European Union (FP6), the USA (National Science Foundation), and China (Hong Kong Research Grant Council). He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2006. His areas of scientific interest are: nonlinear electrical circuits and systems, dynamical systems, computer networks, complex networks, coding, cryptography, bioinformatics, and computational biology.

Book Title	Publisher
Chaos and Cryptography: From Theory to Practical Algorithms	Spring
Complex Dynamics in Communication Networks	Spring
Proceedings of the Sixth Experimental Chaos Conference	Spring

Paper Title	Place	Country
Vulnerability of complex networks	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Exploring the possibilities to control the molecular switching properties and dynamics: A field-switchable rotor-stator molecular system	The Journal of Chemical Physics
Pseudo-Chaotic Lossy Compressors for True Random Number Generation	Pseudo-Chaotic Lossy Compressors for True Random Number Generation
Measuring the Vulnerability of Complex Networks by Simulating DDoS Attacks	TELFOR 2010	Serbia
Organizational analysis with complex network theory	ICT Innovations 2010-Springer (Book),	Macedonia
Rich-club and page-club coefficients for directed graphs	Physics A
Application of modal analysis in assessing attack vulnerability of complex networks	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Model for rumor spreading over networks	Physical Review E
Vulnerability of labeled networks	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Network science: A new paradigm shift	IEEE Network
Assessing the performance of assembly tools on simulated Roche/454 sequencing data and their sensitivity to GC content	Proceedings of ICT Innovations
Building synchronizable and robust networks	Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
An opinion dissemination model for market penetration in social networks	Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Computational methods for gene finding in prokaryotes	Proceedings of ICT Innovations
Innovation Spreading on Graphs	Proceedings of ICT Innovations
Selective Attack in virus propagation processes	Proceedings of ICT Innovations
An agglomerative clustering technique based on a global similarity metric	Proceedings of ICT Innovations
Vulnerability Assessment of Complex Networks based on Optimal Flow Measurements under Intentional Node and Edge Attacks	ICT Innovations 2009-Springer (Book)	Macedonia
Heterogeneous Epidemiologic Influence Spreading Models in Complex Networks	ETAI 2009 Conference	Macedonia
Non-Poisson processes of Email Virus Propagation	Proceedings of ICT Innovations 2009
Random walks on networks: Cumulative distribution of cover time	Physical Review E
Identification of biological neurons using adaptive observers	Cognitive processing
Periodic Dynamics in State-Dependent Queuing Networks	Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals
Edon-R: An Infinite Family of Cryptographic Hash Functions	International Journal of Network Security
Influence Spreading in Complex Networks	Telfor2008
Synchronization in Networks of Hindmarsh–Rose Neurons	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Discrete Lyapunov Exponent and Resistance to Differential Cryptanalysis	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Synchronization in complex network topologies	Chaos, Fractals, and Solitons
Order patterns	Physics Letters A
Discrete Chaos: Part I	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Chaotic Block Ciphers: from theory to practical algorithms	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Nonlinear Dynamics of Iterative Decoding Systems: Analysis and Applications	IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Traffic dynamics in scale-free networks	Complexus
Distribution of edge load in scale-free trees	Physical Review E
Unbiased Random Sequences from Quasigroup String Transformations	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Statistical properties of chaos in communication networks	Complex Dynamics in Communication Networks
Security of Public Key Cryptosystems based on Chebyshev Polynomials,	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Cryptographically secure substitutions based on the approximation of mixing maps	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
The permutation entropy rate equals the Kolmogorov–Sinai entropy rate for mixing dynamical systems.	Physical Review E
Nonlinear Phenomena in Turbo Decoding Algorithms, in Digital Communication Devices based on Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos	Springer Series: Institute for Nonlinear Science
Finite-space Lyapunov exponents and pseudo-chaos	Physical Review Letters
Chaos and control of transient chaos in turbo-decoding algorithms	International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos
Public-key Encryption with Chaos	Chaos
Design of a Flexible-Length S-Random Interleaver for Turbo Codes	IEEE Communications Letters
Bifurcations and Chaos in Turbo Decoding Algorithms	Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences
Chaos and Pseudo-Randomness	Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences
Unpredictable Pseudo-Random Bits Generated by Chaotic Maps	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Differential and Linear Probabilities of a Block Encryption Cipher	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Cryptanalysis of SBLH	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Improving turbo codes by control of transient chaos in turbo-decoding algorithms	Electronics Letters
When are synchronization errors small?	Physical Review – E,
Performance Evaluation of CPPM Modulation in Multi-path Environments	Chaos, Fractals and Solitons
Lyapunov Exponents, Noise-induced Synchronization and Parrondo's Paradox	Physical Review – E,
Analysis of Some Recently Proposed Chaos-Based Encryption Algorithms	Physical Letters A
Chaos-Based Cryptography: A Brief Overview	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Periodic Trajectories in Piecewise-Linear Maps	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Chaos-Based Random Number Generators PART II: Practical Implementation	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Chaos-Based Random Number Generators PART I: Analysis	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Chaos and Cryptography: Block Encryption Ciphers Based on Chaotic Maps	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Digital coding via chaotic systems	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Applications of symbolic dynamics in chaos synchronization	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Complex behavior in digital filters with overflow nonlinearity: analytical results	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Linear conjugacy of vector fields in Lurie form	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
On Turing instability in two diffusively coupled systems	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
On chaos in digital filters: Case b = -1	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems
Vulnerability of networks of interacting Markov chains	Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society
Topology Impact on Influence Spreading	International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and System Sciences, and Engineering	United States of America
Game Theoretic Approach for Discovering Vulnerable Links in Complex Networks	Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, Book chapter, Springer
Using Game Theory to Analyze Distributed Computing Systems	16th TELFOR Telecommunications Forum	Serbia
A Game Theoretic Approach for User Participation in Grid Projects	International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications	Hungary

Project Title	Funded by
Annotated Graphs in Systems Biology	Ministry of Education of the Republic of Macedonia
Supermodeling by combining imperfect models	Open, EC
Optimization and Performance Enhancement of Complex Networks using Sensors	ONR Global, USA
An Interactive Multi-Model for Consensus on Climate Change	Department of Energy, USA
Collaborative Research: Consensus on Climate Prediction by Adaptive Synchronization of Models	National Science Foundation, USA
Diagnosing vulnerability, unexpected phenomena, and variability in complex networks	Manuscript
Diagnosing vulnerability, emergent phenomena, and volatility in man-made networks	STREP EU
Enhanced chaos-based iterative coding techniques for digital media applications	My mind
Chaos Synchronization and Analysis of Experimental and Clinical Data	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Synchronization and Analysis of Experimental Data	Not For Sale
CMG Collaborative Research: Data Assimilation by Synchronization of Truth and Model
Networks on Chip (STMicroelectronics and University of California)